Bibakon

Bibakon
Greek Surname	Βίβακον
Lat. Surname	Bibacum
Polis	82. Polis in Germania magna
ptol. climate	Ptolemaic Climate IV (Danube Zone)
ptol. map	Germania magna
Dating	around 150 AD
ptol. length	33 ° 00 ′
ptol. width	48 ° 00 ′
River system	Danube
Location after Kleineberg	near Finningen on the " Donausüdstraße " (Roman old road)
State of research	Weißenburg in Middle Franconia
Polis before	Kantioibis
Polis afterwards	Prodentia

Bibakon - in Latin Bibacum ; Greek  Βίβακον - is a place name which is given in the Geographia of Claudius Ptolemaios as one of the places in the west of the southern Germania magna on the Danube (πόλεις) with 33 ° 00 'longitude ( Ptolemaic longitudes ) and 48 ° 00' latitude. According to Ptolemy, Bibakon lies along the Danube between Kantioibis and Prodentia . Because of the age of the source, the existence of the place around 150 AD can be assumed.

So far, the ancient site is not considered to be safely localized. An interdisciplinary research team led by Andreas Kleineberg, who re-examined the information provided by Ptolemy, locates Bibakon near Finningen using the transformed ancient coordinates , as today's location is on an old Roman road, the " Donausüdstraße ". This old road was built around the year 50 AD from the source of the Danube to Kelheim as a military border surveillance road. In the second half of the first century AD, it was considered the most important link between the Roman garrison towns of Augusta Vindelicorum , today's Augsburg , and Mogontiacum , today's Mainz . In general, Bibakon is now identified in historical research with Weißenburg in Middle Franconia , which is further north .

Remarks

1. ↑ Ptolemy, Geographia 2,11,15
2. ↑ Reinhard Wenskus :  Bibakon. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 2, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1976, ISBN 3-11-006740-4 , p. 487 ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
3. ^ Andreas Kleineberg, Christian Marx, Eberhard Knobloch, Dieter Lelgemann : Germania and the island of Thule. The decoding of Ptolemy's "Atlas of the Oikumene". Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24525-3 , p. 59; Květ - Řehák 2002, p. 58.
4. ↑ Cf. Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig: The old Germanic toponyms as well as ungermanic toponyms of Germania. A handbook on its etymology using a bibliography by Robert Nedoma. Published by Hermann Reichert (=  Philologica Germanica 34). Fassbaender, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902575-62-3 , pp. 97-99.

literature

• Reinhard Wenskus :  Bibakon. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 2, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1976, ISBN 3-11-006740-4 , p. 487 ( chargeable via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
• Hermann Reichert :  Ptolemaeus. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 23, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017535-5 , pp. 567–597, ( paid for via GAO , De Gruyter Online).
• Alfred Stückelberger, Gerd Graßhoff (ed.): Ptolemaios, Handbook of Geography (Greek-German) . Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2006, ISBN 3-7965-2148-7 (work in 2 half-volumes, with CD-ROM).
• Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig: The old Germanic toponyms as well as non-Germanic toponyms of Germania. A handbook on its etymology using a bibliography by Robert Nedoma. Published by Hermann Reichert (=  Philologica Germanica 34). Fassbaender, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-902575-62-3 , pp. 97-99.

Web links

• Edition of Geographike Hyphegesis with translation and map of Germania magna , accessed on November 16, 2016
• Google Earth in ancient times. In: Der Spiegel. 39/2010, accessed November 16, 2016